I am always amazed by coincidences when their timing is just so perfect we can't help but think that God has had a big hand in them. It happened to me on Thursday of last week. I'd been having a conversation with … [Read more...]
Thinking Makes It So
January 20, 2010 By
How many times have you told yourself you're just having a bad day? In this post from the Winners Circle, Lou Tice challenges that kind of thinking and encourages us to look at things differently, more … [Read more...]
Our beginning and our end
January 17, 2010 By
This phrase, "our beginning and our end", from today's Collect (The Second Sunday of Epiphany), always makes me think about the book of The Revelation -- the last book in our Bibles, and probably one of the most … [Read more...]
Where Do You Want To Go?
January 13, 2010 By
Here is another post from Lou Tice at the Winners Circle. In this one he talks about the importance of setting goals for ourselves -- telling us why he thinks we should set them; and what we can gain as a result. If … [Read more...]
Eternal unity of perfect love
December 27, 2009 By
This phrase, “eternal unity of perfect love”, from the Collect for the First Sunday of Christmas, sums up rather well in its five words just what the God I try to serve is all about. God exists outside of time, or … [Read more...]
God’s Selection Criteria
December 22, 2009 By
Here is my sermon, more or less, from Evensong on Sunday evening, The Fourth Sunday of Advent, at Godmanchester. If you've read my reflection on the Collect from Sunday, you will recognize where some of my thoughts in … [Read more...]
Mary waited for the birth of your Son
December 20, 2009 By
Today is the Fourth Sunday of Advent. Just a few more days to go and we'll be celebrating, with Mary, the birth of the Christ-child. I wonder if we're fully prepared: probably not, not here at least. I wonder if Mary was … [Read more...]
We may be ready to receive him
December 6, 2009 By
Last week, in my reflection on the Collect, I talked about being prepared to meet God through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and the somewhat confusing subject of God's judgement. This week, the Second Sunday of … [Read more...]
Meet God in our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ
November 29, 2009 By
Today is the First Sunday of Advent, or Advent Sunday, which is the first Sunday in the Church’s liturgical year. The season of Advent takes us from today, right up until Christmas Eve. It’s a penitential season of … [Read more...]
Laughing With
November 26, 2009 By
I have been won over. I keep coming across this video on the internet, posted on various blogs and in forums that I read. The first few times I watched it, I was unsure about it. I thought the words were great, but found … [Read more...]
Andrew Gosden (now 18) has been missing from his Doncaster home since 14 September 2007. The search continues.
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